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I found 2 eggs deep in the nest. They had hatched and we're dead outside the shell. I don't think my hens were good moms.

Of those 5 that looked perfectly healthy, one was belly up this morning. I also found a smashed egg in the nest this morning with a dead duckling. The success rate was really good as far as fertile eggs and development. However survival of the hatch and afterward, not so much. Hopefully the 4...

A row of ducklings.

Came home to 3 pipped eggs. I don't think the hens were getting wet enough while out. The egg shells were so hard they were having a lot of trouble with them. I carefully made a few cracks by peeling the shell only. Not long after they popped out on their own looking healthy.

One more hatched and dead in the duck box this morning. This time it was in with the rest of the eggs. At this point I would take all of them out of the nest and put them in an incubator if I had one. Just to rule out the hens or the drake.

I guess I could make an automatic door and make the hens wear key fobs. ;-) Actually I didn't think this far ahead when I added the duck box to the coop. Hindsight....

Yes, they always go back and sit on the eggs. When I got home, 1 more had hatched and was dead about a foot away from the nest. The hens were sitting side by side on the nest. I could hear chirping, but couldn't tell if it was coming from the hens or another duckling. They finally moved off and...

I have two KC hens sitting on a large nest of eggs. Today I let the ducks and chicks out. The duck hens always come out with a ruckus. They run to get feed. Then to the water to drink and then to bathe. I looked into their box while they were on their mission and found a hollow egg shell. First...